the name of the option is a bit too low-level

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Benjamin Peterson 2011-03-20 12:24:20 -05:00
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.. attribute:: file.newlines .. attribute:: file.newlines
If Python was built with the :option:`--with-universal-newlines` option to If Python was built with universal newlines enabled (the default) this
:program:`configure` (the default) this read-only attribute exists, and for read-only attribute exists, and for files opened in universal newline read
files opened in universal newline read mode it keeps track of the types of mode it keeps track of the types of newlines encountered while reading the
newlines encountered while reading the file. The values it can take are file. The values it can take are ``'\r'``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r\n'``, ``None``
``'\r'``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r\n'``, ``None`` (unknown, no newlines read yet) or a (unknown, no newlines read yet) or a tuple containing all the newline types
tuple containing all the newline types seen, to indicate that multiple newline seen, to indicate that multiple newline conventions were encountered. For
conventions were encountered. For files not opened in universal newline read files not opened in universal newline read mode the value of this attribute
mode the value of this attribute will be ``None``. will be ``None``.
.. attribute:: file.softspace .. attribute:: file.softspace